Winter is the perfect time for curious scientists to explore things, such as ice formations, snowflake patterns, or how penguins stay dry. Here’s one fun experiment that’s sure to keep your scientist wondering this wintertime.
Holiday Magic Milk
Items you will need: 
- Shallow dish or plate
- Whole milk
- Holiday cookie cutter
- Food coloring
- Cotton swabs
- Dawn dish soap
Step 1: Fill a small, shallow dish with whole milk — just enough to cover the bottom.
Step 2: Place a holiday cookie cutter of your choice in the center of the dish.
Step 3: Place a few drops of holiday-colored food coloring inside or outside the cookie cutter.
Step 4: Dip a cotton swab in Dawn dish soap. Then dip the swab into the food coloring drops, and watch!
So What’s the Science?
The chemistry of the dish soap and the fat of the milk makes the mini explosions happen. While some of the dish soap will dissolve, it mainly seeks out the fat of the milk. The molecules of the dish soap dash around to find the fat globs in the milk. You can see the search for the fat in the movement of the color. If you keep adding more soap until the movement stops, this means all the fat globs have been found and attached.
Some other fun winter science experiments to research and try are salt crystal formations, growing ice towers, candy cane slime or fizzy hot chocolate surprise.
Happy winter science time!